::Leader Board:: Ahnko Honu Takes The Lead Chapter 23!

mailman said:

I think I know where we have a bag of those miniature Mounds bars. I do need to put on a few pounds, after all....

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mailman said:

It's going on 4am, and I need to be up by 8. I wish I could get back to sleep....

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gyosh said:

Salinas? Really? She should hop over to Monterey if she has time.

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LarryS said:

Ok, looks cool. Get to see a medieval style battle while eating a meal

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Ukulelerob said:

I took Shirley to the eye Dr. this morning. She has a tear in the retina in her right eye. Specialist appointment at 1:45.

To be continued.

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gyosh said:

Bummer. Hope they can help her out.

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Ukulelerob said:

I took Shirley to the eye Dr. this morning. She has a tear in the retina in her right eye. Specialist appointment at 1:45.

To be continued.

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mailman said:

Where I grew up, lunch was the noontime meal, and the evening meal was dinner or supper, which were interchangeable terms....

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mailman said:

I imagine my trials and tribulations get tiresome after a while. I'm sorry. Sometimes it's just hard to think of anything else....

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mailman said:

We're still working on our Thanksgiving leftovers, and loving every bite of it. My appetite has returned to normal, and none too soon. It would have been a shame not to be able to eat at Thanksgiving....

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gyosh said:

I made a smoked turkey sandwich with dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, red onion, lettuce, cracked pepper on toasted ciabatta and it was amazing.

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mailman said:

There used to be a restaurant here in our "town center" in the apartment complex. Several people ran it over the years, but apparently nobody could make it work. There are too few people here through the summer to support it. The place has been closed for three years, now.

Recently a group of residents got permission from the board of directors to open the place as a cafe. Coffee, donuts, and the like in the morning, and lunches, cakes, pies and ice cream in the afternoon.

The whole operation will be non-profit, and run by resident volunteers. The response from the community has been amazing. Over the past couple of months they have come together to clean up and decorate the place, which had been in awful condition. The last operator had just turned off the stoves and fryers and locked the doors and walked away. The fryers had three year old used grease in them!

The place is now spotlessly clean, bright, warm and inviting. Everything has been cleaned and painted, the floors refinished, curtains hung, anything to make the place nice.

The board of directors was so impressed by the effort and the results that they essentially gave us a blank check to get whatever we needed to make it happen; five new ceiling fans, new light fixtures, some professional plumbing and electrical work, and who knows what else.

Today is the grand opening at 12:30. You get coffee, soda, tea or water and a dessert (cake or pie) for $5. I think that's a great deal, especially since the drinks have free refills.

I'm expecting lots of community support. I imagine the volunteers will have trouble keeping up with the crowds....

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LarryS said:

Nothing formal about either meal. What some call lunch we call dinner. Lunch is a posh word. And it can be anything. Our meals go breakfast, dinner and tea. Supper is usually a posh person's thing. We might have an evening snack or what have you, but nothing is formal if you're working class.

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